[Framers] Pros/Cons: Separate file per chapter, or one REALLY BIG FILE for an entire book

[Robert Lauriston]

I always do one file, unless it gets so big that there are download
problems. Then everything can be cross-referenced. You can have
cross-PDF links, but they're more problematic. As a user, I always
find it frustrating when large documents are split up.

How big is the file if you generate one big PDF for the book?

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pretty much what it says in the title. I'm guessing there have been
> discussions about this in the past, and I plan to look for those, but I
> thought I'd toss this out there anyway.
>
> We're talking chapters that can run a couple hundred (or more) pages loaded
> with tables, graphics, and conditional text so that they can be used to
> single-source multiple documents (no, don't talk to me about DITA, my
> non-tech-writing boss wants it in unstructured).